Yes, we are moving to Brisbane!

So, what Eilidh says is true. It looks like we will be leaving Swindon to relocate to Brisbane, Australia as of June/July 2012. It's certainly very exciting. It's going to be difficult to say goodbye, albeit possibly in the shortish term to our wonderful family, my friends and team mates at SHC, and even some of my existing colleagues at work. Not forgetting that we have to leave our loyal and loving dog Fudgey behind, although I think we have found a great place for her to stay in Edinburgh. Stanley seems satisfied that she will be able to go walkies on Arthurs Seat, which is a former volcano. Not quite sure whether she will chase Dinosaurs though!

Although its still dependent on my Visa application but work sort this out. I have a massive long list of things to organise. Firstly, I need to arrange for shipping companies to come out to quote to ship our house out to Aus. So what do we need to take? Basically everything! Then I have to arrange for estate agents to come over and work out how much to rent the house out for. Oh, and I also need to learn a new guidance and legislation system so I can hit the ground running.

So the plan (according to my head) is to ship our goods out of the house towards the end of May, quick paint and clean and then tenants move straight in! Move to Blunsdon for a month or so before flying out (via Singapore maybe) at the end of June to start work at the beginning of July.

I'm quite excited about my new role. It sounds fairly similar to what I do here but perhaps with more responsibly and obviously within massively different environment. Brisbane looks great and hopefully I will get to see a bit more of Queensland and further afield with some work related travel.

So to this blog. It was Eilidhs' idea. In theory we will both contribute to it. My posts will almost certainly be whinging and moaning about something (usually money); Eilidh will blog about things that are interesting and funny!
Back soon (to the blog, not the UK),

Chris

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